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Lost

hunters

found

in forest
Three confused in
thick undergrowth
of Osceola.
By TONY BRITT
tbritt@lakecityreporter.com
A small-game hunting
excursion turned into a big
Christmas Day ordeal for
three Lake City hunters who
were lost in the Osceola
National Forest for more than
five hours.
Marty Barfus, 37; his son,
Matthew, 6; and Marty's
brother, Timothy Barfus, 34,
were found in the Otter Bay
Swamp area of the Osceola
National Forest after a dozen
emergency workers spent
more than two hours search-
ing for their trail on Tuesday.
The adventure began at
approximately 11 a.m. when
the threesome began, their
hunt. The hunters were driv-
ing on Forest Road 234 when
they decided to get out of
their truck and walk the
remainder of the way to their
hunting destination.
"At about 4 p.m. that after-
noon they realized they were
lost and couldn't find their
way back to the truck," said
Karen Parker, Florida Fish
and Wildlife Conservation
Commission public informa-
tion coordinator for the North
Central Region.
Parker said the hunters had
cellular phones and they
called their family, who
searched for them for several
hours, but were unable to find
them. When darkness began
to fall, and the family mem-
bers were not able to find the
vehicle, they called the
Columbia County Sheriff's
Office.
"The sheriff and the
deputies went out there and
they found the truck and real-
ized they were probably going
to need some additional
resources to find these
people," Parker said.
Personnel and a K-9 unit
from the FWC, U.S. Forest
Service, Baker County
Correctional Institute K-9
teams and the Columbia
County Sheriff's Office
responded to the scene and
FOUND continued on 8A

Police looking
closely at details of
shooting, handgun.
By TONY BRITT
tbritt@lakecityreporter.com.
A 13-year-old Lake City boy
was accidentally shot with a
.357-caliber handgun
Christmas Eve and airlifted to
a Gainesville-area hospital,
according to Lake City Police
Department officials.
The mishap occurred at
approximately 6:30 p.m.,
Monday, at 155 NE Fronie St.
The child's name has not been
released.
Lake City Police
Department Capt. Bruce
Charles said officers were
GUN continued on 8A

L OUUKISIrnuIl
Sam Paul Vann Sr. (left)-
celebrates 60 years in business
with his wife of 62 years, Wilma
Odom Vann, during a
celebration at Vann Carpet in
July 2007.
Sam Vann,

business

pioneer,

dies at 86
He co-founded
family's downtown
business in 1947.
By MICHAEL MITSEFF
mmitseff@lakecityreporter. corn
Lake City lost one of its
leading businessmen and
beloved citizen's Christmas
Eve, when 86 year-old Sam
Paul Vann Sr. succumbed to
kidney disease.
"We had more than 60 years
VANN continued on 8A

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LAKE CITY REPORTER LOCAL THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2007

17-year-old storms Disney radio

Officials urge water conservation

By JOHNNA PINHOLSTER
jpinholster@lakecityreporter.corn
At the tender age of five. Brock Storm
Timmerman sang along to the radio,
much to his aunt's delight. A few
months later the Like City native
would sing at her wedding, a
performance that would put in motion a set of
events that would lead to a Monopoly Music
recording contract in May of this year.
The now 17-year-old singer, who goes by
Brock Storm, was discovered through the
ubiquitous Myspace. Now as he records his first
album in Los Angeles, Storm is gearing up for his
national radio debut.
Radio Disney's Incubator program selects
rising stars to be profiled on the show for several
weeks. Storm has been chosen for the coveted
spot and his single "Accident" will begin airplay,
along with an interview on Saturday.
"It's not common for them to select an artist
that hasn't had an album out yet," Storm said.
Though Storm describes his music as pop
rock, the sound he creates is his own, he said.
"It's upbeat and teens can relate to it," Storm
said. "I try to stay
away from
singing
about
things
that aren't
real."

Brock Storm
COURTESY PHOTO

The song "Accident," Storiii said, is about him
being nervous about asking a girl out o1 a date.
Storm has so far recorded eight tracks for his
untitled album and is unsure how many more will
be lay down to finish the album. A release date
has yet to be set, though Storm knows tlie album
will be released in 2008.
Storm has been in and out of the Los Angeles
studio since July, and though he has had
contracts and recorded songs with other
producers and artists, this will be his first album.
"When I'm in the recording booth, I'm in a
whole other place," Storm said. "It's really cool to
have that focus on something."
Storm has written several of the songs that will
be featured on the album and enjoys the ability to
express himself through music.
"In general I am a shy person. I write down
everything that I would like to say, and then it
comes out in a song," he said.
Storm found out about the record contract
while in Nashville, Tenn. He had signed up to
compete for the CMA Rising Star Male Vocalist,
the day of the competition, and ended up winning
the title. Storm didn't even get a chance to come
home before he was on a plane to L.A. to sign a
record contract with Monopoly Music.
The record contract is years of hard work
finally paying off.
"It's pretty much a feeling of accomplishment,"
Storm said. "I've reached my goal. Now I have to
set my goals even higher."
Though the national release of Storm's single
is still two days away, he is already receiving fan
mail. Somehow, he said, his home address was
leaked on the Internet and paintings and pillow
cases with his likeness and name are sent
frequently.
Storm said his big start came at 10 years old,
when he won a talent contest on "It's Showtime
at the Apollo." From there, he appeared on two
episodes of Jenny Jones, one as the supporting
act for O-Town.
But the major break, that lead to the
record contract started with the Internet.
While recording some tracks with
producer Andrew Fromm, who
produced tracks for the Backstreet
Boys and Jesse McCartney, another
producer, Sidh Solanki, suggested that
Storm start a Myspace page.
That was a year and a half ago.
The page now has several of Storm's
tracks available for download and
more than 30,000 friends from all
over the world.
"My Myspace page has over a
million views and I built my fan
base from that," Storm said. "The
record company spotted me
through that."
"Accident" will be featured on Radio
Disney's Incubator from Dec. 29 to
Jan. 11, 2008. Radio Disney can be
heard on Satellite Radio Channel 115,
AM 1390 6i RadioDlsney.conm.

By TONY BRITT
thmittlaoiecityrioporter.com

At least 12 Suwannee
River Water Management
District monitoring wells
are at historic lows and
32 other wells are experi-
encing new record lows for
the month of November.
Suwannee River Water
Management District offi-
cials made the low-water
announcements last week
as they encouraged resi-
dents to monitor their water
usage.
"Our chief concern is if
we continue with the lack of
rainfall in this drought,"
said Cindy Johnson, Suw-
annee River Water Manage-
ment District communica-
tions coordinator. "Right
now we are asking people to
implement voluntary water
conservation measures."
The Suwannee River
Water Management District
covers all or part of 15 coun-
ties in the North Central
part of Florida and protects
and manages the water
resources of the area.
According to Water
Management District re-
ports, in November officials
issued 11 emergency con-
struction permits and noted
that a total of 128 emer-
gency construction permits
have been issued since
April.
Water Management
District officials say the
drop in groundwater levels
is due primarily to the
long-term rainfall deficit.
"We have such a large
rainfall deficit, it's going to
take a while to rebound,"
Johnson said. "The dis-
trictwide average is a
25-inch deficit for the last
two years."
Water Management
District officials implement-
ed a Phase I Water
Shortage Advisory in
November 2006 which
urged voluntary water use
reductions. The Phase I
Water Shortage Advisory
remains in effect.
"We have one water
shortage plan and different

WATER CONSERVATION PRACTICES

OUTDOORS:
* Water lawns and landscapes no more than two days a
week, before 10 a.m. or after 4 p.m.
* When washing vehicles or pets, use an automatic
shutoff nozzle on the hose.
* Use a broom, not a hose, to clean debris from
sidewalks and driveways.
* Landscape with drought-tolerant plants.

phases to that plan,"
Johnson said. "I believe the
governing board will be tak-
ing a look at or considering
additional measures in the
January board meeting.
Each month they look at the
hydrological report and the
fact that conditions have
worsened, there is a possi-
bility that the board might
be addressing this issue at
their January meeting."
Johnson said the Water
Management District's cur-
rent .water shortage plan
has a phase II component,
but it has never been
implemented.
"Each one of the phases
addresses different water
use classifications, such as

agricultural, commercial,
industrial and residential.
So, it would specify what
types of restrictions would
or would not be placed
on agriculture, commercial
or others. Each. phase
would say whether it was
voluntary or mandatory
restrictions," she said.

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Senators left Washington to
adjourn for the year bearing a
gift for every U.S. consumer.
Unfortunately, it was a lump of
coal: the Farm Bill.
Congress had an opportunity to wean
large commercial farming operations
from taxpayer subsidies, and treat
agricultural entities as businesses,
rather than recipients of corporate
welfare.
It didn't. The House and Senate
versions of the Farm Bill must still be
reconciled in a conference committee.
Yet neither version signals a major
departure from the dysfunctional status
quo. So unless President Bush vetoes
the final legislation, it's possible that
farm programs will continue to produce
abundant cash harvests for the
well-to-do and higher food prices for
American consumers.
To be sure, roughly two-thirds of the
Farm Bill's spending covers food
stamps and other nutrition programs.
But the Senate had several
opportunities to truly limit subsidy
programs and it balked.
It could have phased out direct
payments to farm operations altogether,
as an amendment by Sen. Richard
Lugar, R-Ind., would have done.
Lugar points out that over the past
decade, 70 percent of all farm subsidies
totaling $120 billion have gone to
6 percent of farms. Lugar's amendment
would have ended those payments -
which flow to farmers even if they're
earning profits on their operations -
by 2014. It would have also set up a true.
crop insurannceprogram- Farmers .. _
would receive payments only when
yields or revenues fell by 15 percent in
an entire county.
A system like this would minimize
taxpayer costs.
Rocky Mountain News

HIGHLIGHTS
IN HISTORY
Today is Thursday, Dec. 27, the 361st
day of 2007. There are four days left in
the year.
On Dec. 27, 1932, Radio City Music
Hall opened in New York City.
In 1822, scientist Louis Pasteur was
born in Dole, France.
In 1831, naturalist Charles Darwin set
out on a round-the-world voyage aboard
the HMS Beagle.
In 1904, James Barrie's play "Peter
Pan: The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up"
opened at the Duke of York's Theater in
London.
In 1927, the musical play "Show
Boat," opened at the Ziegfeld Theater.

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COMMENTARY

Is GOP in good shape?

HOUSTON

Jose De La Isla

Huckabee was opposing a
federal roundup of
undocumented immigrants in
his state, the Minuteman
Project, co-founded by Jim
Gilchrist, was mobilizing its
public-relations sentries along
the Arizona-Mexico border.
The Minuteman Project had
split into two groups that
militantly opposed most forms
of tolerance of unauthorized
immigrants.
The Minuteman Project is
now fractionated into different
camps with extremists
infiltrating or welcomed into
their ranks.
Meanwhile, Huckabee has
announced he now supports
an immigration control plan
that would expel 12 million
people, albeit temporarily. And
Jim Gilchrist has endorsed
him for the Republican
nomination.
In the next episode of this
soap opera, the Minuteman
Project's ardent supporter,
Colorado Congressman Tom
Tancredo quit his quest for
the nomination on Dec. 20. He
was unable to gain more than
a low single-figure percent in
public-opinion polls. Dropping
out, Tancredo endorsed Mitt
Romney, saying, "He is the
best hope for our cause."
Romney and Giuliani have

Huckabee, who ,
has impressively
come up from
behind among
the Republican presidential
candidates, now leads in Iowa.
The former Arkansas
governor and Baptist preacher
reaches new highs on
likability when the other
candidates don't wear well.
Huckabee is credited with
galvanizing the evangelical
-vote..He can draw Republicans
to him. Yet, where the party
goes on amnesty will define
what kind of party the
Republicans will become.
President Bush, after
winning re-election in 2004,
had his try at it but was
unable to get intransigent
parts of his party to follow his
leadership. Keep in mind that
Ronald Reagan was able to
create new niches in the party
after his amnesty program
legalized nearly 3 million
immigrants in 1986.
Big change, even reversal,
is possible in the Republican
Party. After all, pro-life
televangelist Pat Robertson
endorsed pro-choice Rudy
Giuliani. Robertson said at the
time combating terrorism was
more important than concerns
about abortion.
In light of that, Huckabee's
pragmatic approaches as
governor in 2001 were tepid at
worst. He opposed a state bill
requiring proof of citizenship
to vote and his administration
pushed to allow
undocumented immigrants to
apply for drivers' licenses.
In 2005, the same year that

previously exchanged barbs
over who is soft on
immigrants.
Romney's hard line,
according to the Rev. Luis
Cortis, president of the
evangelical group Esperanza
USA, is driving the other
presidential candidates to take
intransigent positions. The
heated rhetoric is mostly
perceived as anti-Hispanic. If
Romney becomes the
Republican candidate, says
Cortis. he's going to lose
every Hispanic vote."
That's not an exaggeration
when you consider, according
to the Pew Hispanic Center,
over half of all Hispanic adults
in the U.S. worry that a family
member or a close friend
could be deported.
The Huckabee
public-opinion surge in Iowa
could have been a healthy
antidote and the beginning of
a new style Republican
coalition. After all, a winning
Republican strategy requires
the twofer Hispanic
evangelicals. Instead, the
primary campaign is turning
into a siege on the GOP.
President Bush's former
speechwriter, Michael J.
Gerson, wrote about the
Huckabee endorsement,
"Gilchrist is not just another
voice on immigration. He is
one of the most divisive
figures in the most divisive
debate in American politics."
Is it any wonder that, if this
keeps up, you can expect the
same extremists to show their
faces as the new Republicans?
* Jose De La Isla is a noted
author and researcher. He writes
nationally on Hispanic affairs.

COMMENTARY

Korea's elections show strength

By ARTHUR I. CYR
Scripps Howard News Service
South Koreans have
given Americans
something to
celebrate about this
holiday season, a
successful presidential
election. Press reports have
focused on the unpopularity
of outgoing President Roh
Moo-Hyun. There has also
been emphasis on the legal
problems of new President
Lee Myung-bak of the Grand
National Party.
Media analysts fret about
relatively low voter turnout,
and literal political combat. A
physical brawl on the floor of
the national legislature
provided photo ops as well as
critical commentary.
Such negative notes miss
the fundamental point that an
orderly democratic process,
carried out according to law,

has once again been
demonstrated in a country
that until relatively recently
was governed by a military
dictatorship.
A total of 10 presidential
candidates contested the
election. As in the U.S. today,
a notably large number of
contenders sought the top
office. In addition to Lee,
there were two principal
candidates, Chung
Dong-young of the United
New Democratic Party and
the independent Lee
Hoi-chang. Roh Moo-Hyun
was restricted by the
constitution to a single term
in office.
There are noteworthy
personal as well as policy
differences between the
outgoing and incoming
presidents. Roh tends to be
mild; even cerebral. Lee
Myung-bak is a veteran of big
business, with overt emphasis

on action.
Lee faces charges of
personal corruption that have
led to appointment of a
.government special
prosecutor, an embarrassing
complication. He has
emphasized his innocence but
stated he will resign if
convicted.
South Korea's capitalism is
very new. Until the end of
World War II Korea was a
peasant economy, oppressed
by very harsh Japanese
colonial occupation. New
capitalism usually involves
particularly intense
competition for growth and
profit, with modern legal
procedures very rudimentary
or totally absent.
Lee remains innocent until
proven guilty, and the fact
that government authorities
are willing to pursue legal
procedures against the
president shows strength.

COMMENTARY

Thinking

about life's

journey

R recently I settled into a seat in the
far reaches of the vast basketball
arena at Texas A&M University to
observe its fall commencement.
My niece, a sweet, lovely girl, was
among the graduates.
Texas A&M is one of two enormous, rival
universities in Texas. I graduated from the
other one, but A&M is a fine school, too, and
it knows how
to stage a

event, followed
byamarch of John M. Crisp
faculty jcrisp@delmar.edu
members in
black robes with colorful stoles and
gonfalony.iers bearing gonfalons flags to the
rest of us representing the various schools
and colleges of the university. The
processional embodied an impressive mix of
dignity and informality; faculty and
administrators were solemn but casual,
ordered but out of step.
Then our national anthem, of course,
followed by an invocation that aspired to be
ecumenical but, really, failed to escape its
Christian cadences aentingtments. A good
try, though.
The platform party was introduced,
including the "Vice President of Diversity.The"
A&M has trouble attracting minorities, and at
present only about 3 percent of its students
are black and 14 percent Hispanic. But a
Hispanic female, Dr. Elsa Murano, was on the
platform, as well. Currently, she's the vice
chancellor and dean ofthat agriculture but she's
been chosen by its governing board to be the
next president of Texas A&M.
Then the un President of Diversity awarded a
well-deserved honorary degree. Early in his
career Dr. Norman Borlaug spent 20 years in
Mexico developing a prolific, disease-resistant
variety of wheat that was planted, under his
guidance, throughout Mexico, India, Pakistan,
South America, the Middle East and Africa.
Dr. Borlaug is credited with having saved
more lives than anyone else in history. He
won the Nobel Prize, the Presidential Medal
of Freedom and, now, an honorary degree
from Texas A&M. At 93, he needed a little
help to reach the podium, but he continues to
teach. Congratulations, Dr. Borlaug.
The commencement speaker did a fine job,
suitably limiting himself to 10 minutes, and
more lives than anyone eful to move to the focus of
the occasion, the bestowal of around earned
1,200 degrees. At the top of the program were
48 doctorates, of which at least 27 were
awarded to students from foreign countries.
They had names like Po-Hsin Do and
Hongun comm, but the announcers -d and the
university deserves a lot of credit for this -
never stumbled, taking great care to
pronoune occa long string of exotic names,
presumably accurately, but at least
confidently.
The new doctors had written dissertations
with names like "Fluorescent-Detected
Retrotranslocation of an Endoplasmic
Reticulum-Associate Degradation (ERAD)
Substrate in a Mammalian In Vitro System,"
and "Characterization and Evaluation of
Escherichia colideserves Biotype I Strains for Use as
Surrogates for stumblEnteric Pathogens in Validation

know what a beef carcass is.
The ceremony moved along of exsmoothly.

When serious professionals are in charge,
1,200 diplomas can be handed out in about
two hours. No one launched a beach ball, and
air horn blasts, common at many modern
commencements, were minimal.
But a peculiar thing happened: More than
half of the graduates crossed the stage,
accepted their diplomas, shook hands with
the dignitaries ... and left. In a steady stream
they filed past their colleagues who were still
waiting to receive their degrees and headed
for the exits. By the time the ceremony
ended, at least half of the 1,200 seats
designated for graduates were empty. And the
audience had declined in similar proportion.
Maybe this isn't a big deal. I'm not much on
ceremony and ritual, myself. Maybe these
students, having received their own degrees,
decided their time could be better spent in
celebration with family and friends, rather
than in recognition of the granting of degrees
to strangers. Besides, if everyone waited until

the end of the ceremony, the traffic in the
parking lot would be vicious.
Ceremonies link us in support of shared
principles and a long tradition of learning.
N John Crisp teaches English at Del Mar College
in Corpus Christi, Texas.

County Health Department
offers flu, pneumonia shots
The Columbia County Health
Department still has a limited
supply of flu vaccines and has
opened its flu shot clinic to all
ages on a first come, first served
basis. Cost is $25 and Medicare
Part B is accepted. Pneumonia
vaccinations cost $35 and are
available for those eligible.
Call (386) 758-1068.

Another Way offers
local support group
Another Way, Inc., the local
certified domestic violence and

rape crisis center, support group
for women and children meets
from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday.
Call Angela at (386) 719-2700.

Holiday lights display
available until 8:30 p.m.
Stephen Foster Folk Culture
Center State Park will celebrate
the holiday season by keeping
the park open and the displays of
lights and decorations available
from 5 to 8:30 p.m. every day
Wednesday through Monday.
Admission is free in the evening
with a canned good donation and
$4 per vehicle with up to eight
passengers during daylight
hours.
Call (386) 397-4331.

Friday

Alzheimer's Caregiver
support group to meet
Alzheimer's Caregiver support
group will meet from 2 to 4 p.m.
the second and fourth Friday of
each month at the Lifestyle
Enrichment Center, 628 SE
Allison Court.
Call (386) 755-0235 or
(386) 755-0264.

Lake City Guys, Gals
will not meet
Lake City Guys & Gals will not
meet until Jan. 4 when weekly
Friday night dances resume.

Saturday

Sons of American Legion
to prepare breakfast
The Sons of the American
Legion will prepare a pancake
breakfast fundraiser from 8 to 11
a.m. Saturday at the American
Legion Hall Post 57, 2206 U.S.
Highway 41 South. Breakfast will
include pancakes, sausage,
orange juice and coffee for a
donation of $4.

'Meet the Trainer'
featured every Saturday
"Meet the Trainer" will take
place at Lake City Animal Shelter
from 1 to 2 p.m. every Saturday.

If you own a dog, or are thinking
about adopting a dog or puppy
and have questions on training
your dog, call Pam 'The K-9
Professor" at (386) 965-7258.

Black tie event to
benefit Enrichment Center
Tucker's Steak and Seafood
will host a black tie event to
benefit the Lifestyle Enrichment
Center from 6:30 p.m. to
midnight Saturday.
A five-course meal with wine
pairing will be served.
Jacksonville band Last
2 Leave will perform. Cost is
$125 per person.
Call Debbie Griffin at
(386) 758-3222 or Carol at

(386) 755-0235.

Monday

'Matching Funds Drive'
to continue to Dec. 31
The Christian Service Center's
"Matching Funds Drive" will
continue through Monday.
Donations will be doubled by
area sponsors to help those in
need.
Call (386) 755-1770.

* To submit your Community
Calendar item, contact Sheena
Stewart at 754-0429 or by
e-mail at sstewart@
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OBITUARIES

Ethel Mae Bryant
Mrs. Ethel Mae Bryant, age 78, of
Georgetown, Florida died Monday,
December 24, in Haven Hospice
Care Center, Palatka, Fla. following
an extended illness. She was a na-
tive of Greenup, Kentucky and re-
sided in Leesburg, Lake City and
Suwannee County before moving to
Georgetown, Fla. five years ago.
She was the daughter of the late
Henry Lee McDaniels and Lalie
Kilburn Daniels. She was preceded
in death by her daughter, Wanda
Love. She was a homemaker and
loved her grandchildren:
Survivors include her husband, H.J.
"Hal" Bryant of Georgetown, Fla.:
Four sisters, Goldie Strickland of
Clyde, NC., Helen Onie of Lake
City, Fla., Opal Adkins of New Port
Richey, Fla. and Pam Valdezz of
Greenup, Ky.: Eight brothers, Ray-
mond McDaniels of Georgetown,
Fla., Cecil McDaniels of Columbus
Ohio, Thomas McDaniels and Le-
roy McDaniels both of Hudson,
Fla., Mark McDaniels and Matthew
McDaniels all of Greenup, Ky. and
Marvin McDaniels of Robinsville,
NC.: Grandchildren, Deanne Hope,
Michelle Hope and Herick Gainey;
Great-Grandchildren, Vanessa
Hope, Joseph Hope III, Heather
Hope, Madilyne Maal, Ryleigh
Gainey and Hayden Gainey: Great-
Great-grandchild, Jaden Hope.
Graveside services will be conduct-
ed at 1:30 P.M. Saturday, Dec. 29,
in Oak Grove Cemetery, Branford,
Fla. with Rev. Tom Miller, Chaplin
with Haven Hospice, officiating.
Visitation with be from 12 p.m. to 1
p.m. Saturday, December 29, at
GUERRY FUNERAL HOME,
2659 S.W. Main Blvd., Lake City,
.Fla. Phone (386)752-2414

Catherine Gibson
Catherine Gibson was bom on May
9, 1928 to the late Henry and Roset-
ta Gibson in
Jennings, Florida
S h e
received her educa-
tion on the public
schools of Hamilton
County. In
1960 Ms. Gibson moved to Lake
City, and in 1968 became a member
of Day Springs Missionary Baptist
Church under the Pastorate of Rev.
Booker T. Washington, and later
under the leadership of Pastor
J a m e s
Edmondson. For 27 years she
served on Usher Board #1, and was
a member of the Senior Choir until
'her health failed. Preceding her in
death: one son, Jimmy Gibson, Sr.;
one niece, Gloria Shorts; and three
grandchildren, Betty, Matt, and Os-
car.
Mother Gibson leaves to cherish her
memory: one loving and devoted
sister, Sir Lester Jones; eight loving
children, Ira English (Rufus), Amos
Gibson, Mae Katherine George (Ri-
chard), Jesse Gibson, Sr. (Roxanne),
Gloria Mitchell (Kenny), Annie
Berry (Gene), Walter McCaskill,
:and Denesse Jones; son-in-law, Ru-
fu.s English; three devoted grand-
daughters, Shanita, Julia, Edith; two
nieces, Ernestine and Christine; 40
grandchildren; 61 great-grandchil-
dren; special friends, Gladis Lewis,
*Vera Loggin, Maetta Moultrie,
Laura Clayton; and a host of other
family members and friends.
Funeral services for Mother Gibson

will be held Saturday, 11:00 A.M.
December 29, 2007 at Day Springs
Missionary Baptist Church, 1580
Congress Street, Lake City, FL. Vis-
itation with the family will be Fri-
day, December 28, 2007 from 6-
8:00 P.M. at the church.
Arrangements are entrusted to
COMBS FUNERAL HOME. 292
NE Washington Street, Lake City,
FL. (386)752-4366

Acie D. James
Acie D. James, 88, husband of
Louise James passed away on Sun-
day, December 23, 2007. Funeral
Services will be held on Saturday,
December 29, 2007 at 11:00 A.M.
at Bethlehem United Methodist
Church. Rev. Clarence DeSue, Pas-
tor/Eulogist. Viewing will be held
on Friday from 6-7 P.M.
Arrangements under the care of
A. JEROME BROWN
FUNERAL HOME, High Springs,
(386) 454-1110

John Cecil McDevitt
Mr. John Cecil McDevitt, 89 of
Lake City died Tuesday morning,
December 25, 2007
at the Big Bend
Hospice House in
Tallahassee. A
native of Cincinnati, -
Ohio, Mr.
McDevitt has lived in Lake City for
over fifteen years. He was a B-17
Pilot in the United States Army Air
Corp during World War II having
served in the European Theatre.
While in service, Mr. McDevitt was
shot down over Germany and spent
a little over a year as a Prisoner of
War. Mr. McDevitt's legacy is a
legacy of faith in Jesus Christ that
has reached down to his second and
third generations. He was a mem-
ber of the Faith in Christ Anglican
Church in Lake City.
Mr. McDevitt is survived by one
son and daughter in law, Michael J.
and Martha-Anne McDevitt, Atlan-
ta, GA, one daughter and son in law,
Christine and Bruce Thomas, Quin-
cy, FL, five grandchildren and sev-
en great-grandchildren.
Memorial services for Mr.
M c D e v i t t
will be conducted on Saturday, De-
cember 29, 2007 at 11:00 A.M. at
Guerry Funeral Home Chapel with
Rev. Don Wilson, pastor of Faith in
Christ Anglican Church officiating.
A visitation with the family will be
one hour prior to the service on Sat-
urday. Interment services will be
conducted on Friday, December 28,
2007 at Florida National Cemetery
in Bushnell at 2:00 P.M. with mili-
tary honors. In lieu of flowers don-
ations may be made to either the
Faith in Christ Anglican Church at
P.O. Box 511, Live Oak, FI 32064
or the Big Bend Hospice House at
1723-1 Mahan Center Blvd., Talla-
hassee, FI 32308 in memory of Mr.
McDevitt. Arrangements are under
the direction of GUERRY
FUNERAL HOME, 2659 SW
Main Blvd., Lake City. 386-752-
2414

John "Pete" Mills
Mr. John "Pete" Mills, 80, of Ft.
White, died Tuesday, December
2 5
2007 at the E.T. York Hospice
House in Gainesville. He was born
in Mt. Vernon, NY to the late John
Harold and Anita Mortensen Mills
and moved to Ft. White in 1993 af-
ter living in Lake Worth, FL, Buffa-
lo, NY, and Niagara Falls, NY. He
enjoyed traveling the world and was
of the Lutheran faith.
Mr. Mills is survived by wife Susan
W. Mills, Ft. White; two sons, John
Christen "Chris" Mills (Patricia),
Longwood, FL and John Peter
"Jack" Mills (Joelle), Lake Mary,

FL; one, daughter Cynthia Stout
(Thomas), Lake City; one sister,
Nancy Mallett, Allamuchy, NJ; five
grandchildren also survive.
Private family memorial services
f o r
Mr. Mills will be held at a late date.
Cremation arrangements are under
the direction of the
GATEWAY~FOREST LAWN
FUNERAL HOME, 3596 South
US Hwy 441, Lake City. 386-752-
1954 Please sign the guestbook at
www.gatewayforestlawn.com

Otis Page
Otis Page departed this life on
December 22, 2007 at Haven
Hospice Care Center S-,an i
terminating is ill-I
ness. Mr. Otis was
born on September
2, 1932, to emmett
and Lillian Page, in
Eufaula, Alabama,
who precedes him in
death along with six brothers and
one sister.
Otis recieved his education in the
public school in Eufaula, Alabama
later in life relocating to Lake City,
Fla. and join New Bethel Baptist
Church, he was well known for his
hard work in pulpwood, and his
love for fishing.
On April 17, 2004 he met and wed-
ded Julia Allen.
Survivors include: wife Julia Page,
six brothers Cleo of Jacksonville,
Fla., Johnny, Mose, and Sylvester
all of Eufaula, Ala., and Jesse. of
New York, Five Sisters Willie Pearl
of Jacksonville, Fla., Mary, Lillie
Bell, Eva, and Lillian all of Eufaula,
Ala. Children: Kenny (Tasha),
Tracey Albertt), Lisa George Jr. all
of Lake City, Fla., Angelica, Will,
and Jalisa, Best friends Edward

Samuel Paul Vann, Sr.
Mr. Samuel Paul Vann, Sr., 86, of
Lake City died, Monday, December
24, 2007 at
Suwannee Valley
C a r e
Center in Lake City.
He was born
in Madison, County
Florida to the
late Samuel Pasco
and Sarah Sever
Vann. He moved to
Lake City in .-
1934 from Miami,
FL when his
widowed mother married Austin E.
Brown He was a 1937 graduate of
Columbia High School in Lake City
and graduated from Trevecca
Nazarene College, Nashville, TN in
1942 and served on their Board of
Trustees for many years. He and his
step-father Austin Brown establish-
ed Brown-Vann Paint Store in 1947
and was active in the business until
2002. He was a life long member

of the Lake City Church of the Naz-
arene. Mr. Vann was past president
of the Lake City Kiwanis Club and
served on the Lake Shore Hospital
Authority. He was Vice-President
of the Chamber of Commerce in
1969, and was past Chairman of the
Selective Service Board. He was a
Veteran of WW II, obtaining the
rank of Captain, serving in the U.S.
Army Infantry. He was also active
in many other civic organizations.
Survivors include his wife, Wilma
Odom Vann. Lake City; two sons,
Samuel Paul Vann, Jr. (Jennie), and
Marc Austin Vann (Sheree), both of
Lake City; seven grandchildren,
Paul Vann, III (Kim),, Matt Vann
(Paula), Catherine Vann, Marc
Vann, Jr., Rachel Vann Nelson
(Drew), Michael Vann, Lindsey
Lord Morton (Scott) also survive
Funeral services for Mr. Vann will
be conducted on Saturday, Decem-
ber 29, 2007 at 2:00 P.M. at the
Lake City Church of the Nazarene
with Reverend Orville Jenkins offi-
ciating, assisted by Reverend Craig
Henderson. Interment will follow
at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens
Cemetery. Visitation with the fami-
ly will be held from 6:00 8:00
P.M. Friday evening at the funeral
home. In lieu of flowers donations
may be made to the Lake City Ki-
wanis Children's Club Park, P.O.
Box 2802, Lake City, FL 32056.
Arrangements are under the direc-
tion of GATEWAY-FOREST
LAWN FUNERAL HOME, 3596
S. HWY 441, Lake City. (386) 752-
1954. Please sign the guest book at
www.gatewayforestlawn.com.

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began to search for the
hunters.
Authorities located the
truck and were able to use a
jacket found in the truck as a
scent item for the FWC K-9
unit. The dog was able to
track the group until the for-
est's thick undergrowth pre-
vented the dog from following
the trail.
The FWC used ATVs in the
search and also sent up its hel-
icopter, which utilized a
Forward Looking Infrared
Unit and night-vision goggles,
which were able to find the
hunting party at around
10:30 p.m.
"Apparently, where they
were at, it was so thick that
the guy operating the FLIR
unit could see them moving
and high-stepping over the
brush," Parker said.
"When the helicopter found
them, our guys were only
about a quarter-mile away
from them. They had been
shouting to one another, but it
was so thick and the way
sound echoes in the woods,
they couldn't get a lock on
them."
Due to Tuesday night's
overcast conditions, fog and
because of the forest's high
undergrowth, the helicopter
pilot had to direct the emer-
gency personnel and hunting
party to safety from the air
once the lost hunters had
been found.
At the end of the. ordeal,
Parker said the men were
hungry and wanted to get
back to their house, but they
were suffering no ill-effects.
"They did the right thing,"
Parker said of the lost
hunters.
"They carried their cell
phones and when they figured
they wouldn't be able to find
their way out they stayed put
and built a small fire.
"Even though the fire was
probably for them to stay
warm, the fire let us see
them."

VANN: Civic leader died on Monday

Continued From Page 1A

of a beautiful wish come true,"
Wilma Odom Vann, his wife of
62 years, said Wednesday. "We
had a fairy tale marriage. It's
been too perfect."
Vann was born Feb. 4, 1921,
in Madison County, to the late
Samuel Pasco and Sarah Sever
Vann. He moved to Lake City
from Miami in 1934 when his
widowed mother married
'Austin E. Brown.
Vann and his stepfather
Austin Brown established
Brown-Vann paint store in
1947, where he remained
active in the business until
2002.
"Until he was 82, he was in
the store when he wasn't on
dialysis," son Marc Vann said.
"He always wanted to be with
his friends and customers."
Vann met his future wife
when she was still a high
school student when she was
18 and he was 24.
"All the girls would go crazy
when he came to school to
pick me up because he was so
good looking and he had the
most beautiful blue eyes,"
Wilma Vann said.
Sam Vann was a 1937 gradu-
ate of Columbia High School
and he graduated from
Trevecca Nazarene College in
1942. He was doing post-grad-
uate work at Vanderbilt-

Peabody for one quarter when
he was drafted by the
U.S. Army in 1943.
Always a hard worker, Vann
worked his way through the
ranks from buck private to 2nd
Lieutenant when he graduated
from Officer Candidate School
at Camp Davis, N.C.
Later promoted to Captain,
Vann spent one year in the
provost marshal's office in
Nagoya, Japan, at the war's
end as part of the American
occupational forces.
He and his wife were mar-
ried May 1, 1945, and have two
sons, Samuel Paul Vann Jr. and
Marc Austin Vann. They also
have seven grandchildren.
"He loved his grandchil-
dren," son Paul Vann said. "He
loved watching three of them
working at the store.
"Seeing them run the store
he founded thrilled him."
His friends loved him as
much as did his wife and fami-
ly, and many in the community
remember a man who pos-
sessed a genuine love for his
fellow man.
"We were friends for
46 years, ever since I first
started the church," said Rev.
L.R. Leguire of the First
Apostolic Church of Lake City.
"He's always been a great
friend and he's always ready to

help anybody.
"The Vann's are just a
precious family."
Not only was Vann a good
neighbor and fine man, but
many also agree that he ran
his business the same way he
lived his life.
"He's been a good man and
he's been good for the com-
munity," Jim Poole, executive
director of the Lake City
Columbia County Chamber of
Commerce said. "Sam was a
chamber member for 60 years,
and his business will always be
identified with downtown Lake
City.
"We'll all miss him."
Loving husband and father,
consummate businessman
and the very embodiment of a
good neighbor, Vann poured
himself into his family, friends
and his business.
"He was a very great man
and probably one of the finest
business men that's ever been
in Lake City," said Ed Wheeler.
"He was a great friend and I've
known him since I was
9 years old.
"Everyone in Lake City will
miss him. He had a unique
God-given smile that very few
people have."
Vann and his wife were civic
minded and active in the com-
munity for most of their lives.

GUN: Police investigate boy's shooting

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called to the scene at 6:37
p.m., and when they arrived
they found a child who had'a
single gunshot wound in his
upper thigh.
Charles said the victim was
coherent when officers
arrived and they were able to
conduct a short interview.
"He (the victim) said that
some other guy was sitting on
the corner of the bed with the
gun in his hand," Charles said.

"When he (the victim)
stepped over the guy, he
jumped down on the bed and
let his body bounce and evi-
dently when he did that, he hit
the gun or something and the
gun went off and shot him.
"It (the bullet) went through
the meaty part of his thigh."
The child was airlifted to a
Gainesville hospital as a result
of the mishap. Charles said
authorities have not received

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an update on the child's condi-
tion.
Authorities have not
released a report detailing the
shooting and Charles said
the police department has
launched an investigation and
is trying to find the gun's
owner.
"We're still in the process of
trying to find out who the.gun
belongs to," he said.
"We haven't been able to
find that out."

CHS ATHLETICS
Final push under
way for fieldhouse
Columbia High's Jones
Fieldhouse is in the final
stages of completion. There
are materials needed to
finish the project. First
Federal Savings Bank has
offered to match up to
$5,000 for any donations
received in the month of
December. Donations may
be sent to
CHS Quarterback Club,
P.O. Box 774, Lake City, FL
32056.
For details, call Melinda
Moses at 755-8109.

CHS SOFTBALL
Varsity, JV tryouts
set for Jan. 7
Columbia High softball
has tryouts set for Jan. 7 at
the CHS field. Varsity
tryouts, which begin at 2
p.m., are open to girls in all
grade levels. Junior varsity
tryouts begin at 3:30 p.m.
For details, call coach
Jimmy Williams at
755-6422.

CHS SOCCER
Booster club to
meet on Jan. 8
The Columbia High
soccer boosters has a
general meeting planned
for 6:30 p.m., Jan. 8, in the
CHS cafeteria. All team
parents are invited, but
only those that paid dues to
the club will have a
deciding vote.
Memberships are $20
and will be on sale prior to
the meeting.
The CHS boys and girls
soccer teams has a Moe's
Night fundraiser on Jan. 10.
The restaurant will donate
a portion of the profits to
the CHS soccer program.
For details, call Jill
Krantz at 697-5300.

YOUTH SOFTBALL
Gainesville Gold
offers tryouts
The Gainesville Gold
girls fast pitch softball
association is hosting
tryouts for 10-, 12- and
14-under teams on Jan. 13.
Sign in begins at 1:30 p.m.,
with tryouts at 2 p.m. The
16- and 18-under tryouts
will be in April. All tryouts
are at Northeast Park in
Gainesville.
For details, call Marilyn
Douglass at 752-1097 or
e-mail taybend@aol. com.
The Web site is
eteamz.com/gainesvillegold.

BOYS CLUB
Registration open
for basketball
The Boys Club of
Columbia County is
registering for its 2008
basketball program. All
boys and girls ages 6-14
are eligible to participate
in league play, which
begins in January. Cost is
$40.
For details, call the club
at 752-4184.

The Columbia High boys
varsity basketball 'team
thought it was bigger, faster
and stronger than its
first-round opponent, Ben
Franklin High (New Orleans)
on Wednesday.
And after seeing the

officials were not interested in
calling many fouls, they
proved it at the Playground
Area Shootout in Fort
Walton Beach with a 58-38
victory.
The Tigers played through
a physical first half without
a single foul call on either
team, and used their
defensive muscle to churn up
a press that led to a 20-point
victory and a second-round
game against Pensacola High
at 1 p.m. CST today.
"In the third quarter, we

really came
out and
played phys-
ical back,"
Columbia
l coach Trey
Hosford
Williams said. '"There
were no
fouls in the first half, and we
realized we had the size and
athleticism to cause them a lot
of problems on defense after
that."
Columbia's Kenny Williams
led the Tigers out of a shallow

25-17 halftime lead with 12 of
the team's 22 third-quarter
points, and CHS coasted
through the fourth with a
20-point advantage.
Williams finished with a
game-high 24 points; Dont'ae
Davis scored 16; Julio Viens
scored eight; Shavar Williams
and Matt Jerry each scored
four; and Ryan Bell scored
two.
The officials found a use for
their whistles in the second
half, Hosford said, where
there were about 10 fouls

called. The whistles were
mostly absent in the day's
earlier games, as well,
the coach said, and the
Tigers were looking forward
to another physical game
against Pensacola, which is
ranked No. 9 in Class 4A.
"It's good that they let them
play," Hosford said. "We want
to play physical games, and it's
good for us to be in that
situation.
"It will toughen us up."
Columbia is now 6-5 (3-2
District 4-5A).

DEAR ABBY: My son is a
police officer in the same
town where I work (popula-
tion 6,000). Over the last five
years, I have been confronted
by co-workers who have been
cited by him. I have tried
many responses, but the hits
keep coming.
I have told them that when
he does his job, it has nothing
to do with me. I have tried
reminding them that he has a
boss they can file a complaint
with. I have tried joking, and I
have gotten upset.
Last week, things got
worse. My supervisor was
pulled over by another officer
from the same department.
She was cited for multiple
infractions and her vehicle
was towed. She proceeded to
call me at home and tell me to
deliver a message to my son
* that all the officers in that
- department are "@#!*@!" Of
all people, she knows how
hard it has been for me. Abby,
I was shocked.
I have to work with this
woman in the same classroom
every day. (Yes, she's a
teacher.) Please tell me
how to handle this. -
* TRAPPED IN NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA
DEAR TRAPPED: If she's
treating you differently in the
classroom, you will have to
have a talk with her about it
because it could affect your
career. And I am sure she'd
prefer that you not be forced

Abigail Van Buren
www.dearabby.com
to take this matter to the
principal of the school.
Your supervisor's car may
have been towed because she
was so smashed she couldn't
make it safely home. When
people have overindulged,
they often become overly
emotional and show poor
judgment which is the
condition the woman appears
to have been in when she
called you. It is entirely
possible that she no longer
remembers anything about
that conversation.
It appears your son and his
cohorts are doing their job
conscientiously and effective-
ly. Please don't allow those
they have ticketed to intimi-
date you. They have no one to
blame but themselves for
their predicament.
DEAR ABBY: It's snow-
bird time again in the Sunbelt.
After a long hot summer, our
family looks forward to these
mild winter days. That is,
except for the inevitable
arrival of the "Snowbirds." I'm
avoiding the temptation to use
their real names.

These two "birds" don't fly
in with just a suitcase and a
few things on hangers. They
arrive complete with a 40-foot
motor home and an excitable
cocker spaniel with a serious
incontinence problem.
These people know my
husband and I have full-time
jobs and four children who
are all involved in after-
school activities. We have
neither the time, the legal
parking space nor the desire
to have them here.
This is especially hard for
me to swallow because while I
was growing up, these rela-
tives never once sent me a
birthday or Christmas card,
never came to any of my
recitals or my high school
graduation, nor did they
respond to the invitation to my
wedding.
What can I do with these
people? (Please don't suggest
murder- we've considered
it.) But we think our chances
of getting a jury of 12 snow-
bird hosts are slim. -
ANNUALLY AGITATED IN
ARIZONA
DEAR AGITATED: I have
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Legal

NOTICE OF MEETING
The Non-Valorem Assessment Adjust-
ment Committee will meet on Thursday,
January 17, 2008 at 1:30 PM in the
Board of County Commissioners Con-
ference Room, 135 NE Hemando Ave-
nue, Suite 203. The committee is meet-
ing to consider previously submitted ad-
justment requests.
04521403
December 27, 2007
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR COLUMBIA COUNTY,
FLORIDA
CIVIL ACTION
CHASE HOME FINANCE LLC,
Plaintiff,
CASE NO.: 07000461CA
vs.
DIVISION:
LANDWISE TRUST SERVICES, LLC
AS TRUSTEE, et al,
Defendantss.
NOTICE OF ACTION
TO:
JOSEPH RAULERSON, mI
LAST KNOWN ADDRESS:
955 SWBAYADR
LAKE CITY, FL 32025-4210
CURRENT ADDRESS:
UNKNOWN
ANY AND ALL UNKNOWN PAR-
TIES CLAIMING BY, THROUGH,
UNDER, AND AGAINST THE HERE-
IN NAMED INDIVIDUAL DEFEND-
ANT (S) WHO ARE NOT KNOWN TO
BE DEAD OR ALIVE, WHETHER
SAID UNKNOWN PARTIES MAY
CLAIM AN INTEREST AS SPOUSES,
HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, OR

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OTHER CLAIMANTS
LAST KNOWN ADDRESS:
UNKNOWN
CURRENT ADDRESS:
UNKNOWN
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action to
foreclose a mortgage on the following
property in COLUMBIA County, Flori-
da:
SECTION 33: COMMENCE AT THE
NORTHEAST *CORNER OF THE
SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF THE SOUTH-
EAST 1/4 OF SECTION 33, TOWN-
SHIP 1 SOUTH, RANGE 17 EAST;
THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 04
MINUTES 42 SECONDS WEST,
ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID
SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF THE SOUTH-
EAST 1/4, A DISTANCE OF 444.94
FEET FOR A POINT OF BEGINNING;
THENCE CONTINUE SOUTH 89 DE-
GREES 04 MINUTES 42 SECONDS
WEST, ALONG SAID LINE 664.73
FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES
08 MINUTES 54 SECONDS EAST,
210.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89
DEGREES 04 MINUTES 42 SEC-
ONDS EAST, 282.00 FEET; THENCE
SOUTH 00 DEGREES 08 MINUTES
54 SECONDS EAST, 203.80 FEET;
THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 04
MINUTES 42 SECONDS EAST,
384.21 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00
DEGREES 21 MINUTES 09 SEC-
ONDS WEST, A DISTANCE OF
413.79 FEET TO THE POINT OF BE-
GINNING, BEING AND LYING IN
THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF THE
SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 33,
TOWNSHIP 1 SOUTH, RANGE 17
EAST, COLUMBIA COUNTY, FLORI-
DA. TOGETHER WITH A MOBILE

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From $39.00 + tax (5x15)
386-961-9955 Open 7 days a week!
YOUR PET NANNY!
The holidays are here and your
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needs. Whether its the groomer,
vet or trip out of town, I'm just a
phone call away!
(386) 397-0593

HOME LOCATED THEREON AS A
FIXTURE AND APPURTENANCE
THERETO.
has been filed against you and you are
required to serve a copy of your written
defenses within 30 days after the first
publication, if any, on Florida Default
Law Group, P.L., Plaintiffs attorney,
whose address is 9119 Corporate Lake
Drive, Suite 300, Tampa, Florida 33634,
and file the original with this Court ei-
ther before service on Plaintiffs attorney
or immediately thereafter; otherwise a
default will be entered against you for
the relief demanded in the Complaint or
petition.
This notice shall be published once each
week for two consecutive weeks in the
Lake City Reporter.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of this
Court on this llth day of December,
2007. '
P. DeWitt Cason
Clerk of the Court
By:/s/ L. LUBOLD
As Deputy Clerk
Invoice to & Copy to:
Florida Default Law Group, P.L.
P.O. Box 25018
Tampa, Florida 33622-5018
F07039263
CHASE-FHA-R-vbonitto
04521241
December 20, 27, 2007
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR COLUMBIA COUNTY,
FLORIDA
CIVIL ACTION
CHASE HOME FINANCE LLC,
Plaintiff,
CASE NO.: 2007-399CA
vs.
DIVISION:
JAMES R. HICKMAN A/K/A JAMIE
R. HICKMAN, et al,
Defendantss.
NOTICE OF ACTION
TO:
ANGELA M. HICKMAN
LAST KNOWN ADDRESS:
13854 SW TUSTENUGEE AVENUE
FORT WHITE, FL 320380000
CURRENT ADDRESS:
UNKNOWN
ANY AND ALL UNKNOWN PAR-
TIES CLAIMING BY, THOUGH,
UNDER AND AGAINST THE HERE-
IN NAMED INDIVIDUAL DEFEND-
ANT(S) WHO ARE NOT KNOWN TO
BE DEAD OR ALIVE, WHETHER
SAID UNKNOWN PARTIES MAY
CLAIM AN INTEREST AS SPOUSES,'
HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, OR
OTHER CLAIMANTS..
LAST KNOWN ADDRESS:
UNKNOWN
CURRENT ADDRESS:
UNKNOWN
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action to
foreclose a mortgage on the following
property in COLUMBIA County, Flori-
da:
COMMENCE AT THE NORTHWEST
CORNER OF THE NORTH 1/2 OF
THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION
30, TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH RANGE 17
EAST COLUMBIA COUNTY, FLORI-
DA, AND RUN THENCE SOUTH 00
DEGREES 11 MINUTES 57 SEC-
ONDS EAST, ALONG THE WESTER-
LY LINE OF SAID NORTH 1/2 OF
THE NORTHEAST 1/4 A DISTANCE
OF 100.00 FEET TO A POINT OF BE-
GINNING; THENCE CONTINUE
SOUTH 00 DEGREES 11 MINUTES
57 SECOND EAST, ALONG SAID
WESTERLY LINE, 793.00 FEET;
THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 56
MINUTES 43 SECONDS EAST,
553.70 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00
DEGREES 11 MINUTES 57 SEC-
ONDS WEST, PARALLEL WITH
SAID WESTERLY LINE, ; 793.00
FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES
56 MINUTES 43 SECONDS WEST,
553.70 FEET TO THE POINT OF BE-
GINNING.
TOGETHER WITH AN EASEMENT
FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS, BEING
20 TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF A

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LINE DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMENCE AT THE NORTHWEST
CORNER OF THE NORTH 1/2 OF
THE NORTHEAST 1/4, SECTION 30,
TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 17
EAST, COLUMBIA COUNTY, FLORI-
DA, AND RUN THENCE SOUTH 00
DEGREES 11 MINUTES 57 SEC-
ONDS EAST, ALONG THE WESTER-
LY LINE OF SAID NORTH 1/2 OF
THE NORTHEAST 1/4, A DISTANCE
OF 100.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89
DEGREES 56 MINUTES 43 SEC-
ONDS EAST, 269.92 FEET; THENCE
SOUTH 00 DEGREES 03 MINUTES
27 SECONDS EAST, 10.00 FEET FOR
A POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE
NORTH 89 DEGREES 56 MINUTES
43 SECONDS EAST, 864.11 FEET;
THENCE SOUTH 33 DEGREES 15
MINUTES 16 EAST 196.05 FEET;
THENCE SOUTH 02 DEGREES 51
MINUTES 33 SECONDS EAST,
279.31 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 55
*DEGREES 52 MINUTES 26 SEC-
ONDS EAST, 183.35 FEET TO THE
WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE
OF COUNTY ROAD NO. C-131 AND
THE POINT OF TERMINATION OF
SAID LINE. THE SIDELINES OF
SAID EASEMENT TO BE SHORT-
ENED OR PROLONGED TO MEET
AT ANGLE POINTS AND THE
WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE
OF COUNTY ROAD NO. C-131, CO-
LUMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA.
TOGETHER WITH A MOBILE HOME
LOCATED THEREON AS A PERMA-
NENT AND AN APPURTENANCE
THERETO. VIN NUMBERS
GAFL507A536125C21 &
GAFL507B536125C21.
has been filed against you and you are
required to serve a copy of your written
defenses within 30 days after the first
publication, if any, on Florida Default
Law Group, P.L., Plaintiffs attorney,
whose address is 9119 Corporate Lake
Drive, Suite 300, Tampa, Florida 33634,
and file the original with this Court ei-
ther before service on Plaintiffs attorney
or immediately thereafter; otherwise a
default will be entered against you for
the relief demanded in the Complaint or
petition.
This notice shall be published once each
week for two consecutive weeks in the
Lake City Reporter.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of this
Court on this 29 day of October, 2007.
P. DeWitt Cason
Clerk of the Court
By:/s/ L. LUBOLD
As Deputy Clerk
04521347
December 20, 27, 2007

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GRAPHIC ARTIST/
AD DESIGNER
The Lake City Reporter has an
immediate full-time opening or a
Graphic Artist/Ad Designer.
Qualified candidates will have
Mac format graphic design.
experience. Knowledge of
Photoshop, Quark Express, In
Design, Illustrator and Acrobat
are also required. Successful
candidates must also have the
ability to work in a fast paced,
deadline driven environment.
Newspaper production experience
is helpful, but we will train
the right person.
The Lake City Reporter offers a
full benefits package including
medical and company match
retirement, paid holidays
and vacation.
Qualified candidates should send
resume, design samples and
references to: Lynda Strickland,
Marketing Director, Lake City
Reporter, 180 East Duval Street,
Lake City, FL 32055 or email to :
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I-IFOSTER
Stephen Foster Folk
CultureCenter State Park
is seeking applicants to fill an
AmeriCorps Member
position to provide services
between January & November
2008. Service for the AmeriCorps
member is unique & varied. In
cooperation with Park staff, local
organizations & schools, Florida
State Parks AmeriCorps members
provide service in the areas of
habitat restoration, ADA compli-
ance, prescribed burning, trail
maintenance, cultural & historical
restoration, environmental educa-
tion & volunteer recruitment.
Good communication & public
service skills, responsibility, de-
pendability are essential. Some
travel involved. Computer skills
are encouraged. Benefits include
a monthly living allowance
($1,009.90/Mo.), health care cov-
erage, accidental insurance, child-
care benefits (if eligible) & an
educational award ($4,725) at the
end of the service period. Learn
more about or apply for this excit-
ing position at
www.floridastateparks.org/americorps
For more info, Call Park Mgr.
Ben Faure or Asst Park Manager
Sandra Cashes at 386-397-2733.

2 Schools &
240 Education
Interested in a career as a
CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant)?..
Enroll in the Patient Care Assistant
program at Lake City
Community College.
Classes start in January. For more
information, call 386-754-4404.
Want to be a CNA? Don't want to
wait? Express Training Services of
Gainesville is now offering our
quality CNA exam Prep classes.
Day/Eve classes. Class for 1 week,
certification test the next week.
Class size is limited. Next class
01/07/08. Call 386-755-4401

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LPNs (PT &FT) Requires 6 months experience
Addiction Treatment Manager must have CAP license
CCA is the nation's largest provider for detention and correction services to government agencies
CCA offers a comprehensive benefits package and competitive salary.
Apply online by doing the following:
Go to www.correctionscorp.com, click Careers, then Available jobs. You are able to
search CCA jobs by Category, State or Facility.
All positions require a valid driver's license, High School Diploma/GED

Prior to employment at CCA, individuals must pass a drug screening process as well as a
company-paid, post-offer medical and background investigation.

CCA is a Drug Free Workplace & an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V/D

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